KBLX ad in SF Chronicle

[djj]

In the Datebook section (pg. E2) of today's (12/16/2008) SF Chronicle:

An ad for KBLX saying, "Coming Soon...announcing in Sunday's Datebook"

???

My friend Joe says, "Maybe they're going solar-powered?"
--jay

 

[1069_KIFR]

Or maybe Leslie Stoval is making her triumphant return!

 

[weav]

... or maybe they'll become KGO-FM. *That* would be sad...

 

[LKellerIII]

...Or maybe they're going to announce conversion to "HD" and the addition of an HD2 channel. They're one of the few Bay Area FMs that haven't done this already.

 

[DavidKaye]

... or maybe they'll become KGO-FM. *That* would be sad...

Well, that was the so-called inside information I had gotten back in October. I guess what really happened was that the there was change being planned and someone jumped to a wrong conclusion.

 

[1069_KIFR]

They're gonna be Classic Hits, 102.7...KFRC?

 

[djj]

... or maybe they'll become KGO-FM. *That* would be sad...

Long-shot here: sister-station 1400 AM ('member that?) once-again
becomes K R E and 102.7 becomes K R E-F M...
--jay
;D

 

[LKellerIII]

Hey...how about "Q-102" uh...point 7 ?

 

[1069_KIFR]

Thought about that but didn't mention it due to my (a while back) proclimation of not mentioning that name ever again. But I can mention KQQQ-FM though, as that would be a great set of call letters for that new name.

 

[LKellerIII]

Thought about that but didn't mention it due to my (a while back) proclimation of not mentioning that name ever again. But I can mention KQQQ-FM though, as that would be a great set of call letters for that new name.

Too bad you can't do 5 letter calls (KQQQQ), then you could call it "4Q-102."

And of course, I meant "point nine" in my previous witty message,

 

[AMFMNBeyond]

....or it could just be an announcement about the 30 year Anniversary celebration that will be happenning in '09....

 

[djj]

Too bad you can't do 5 letter calls (KQQQQ), then you could call it "4Q-102."

Someone told me a few years ago that there was some sort of
regulation where you could have a five-letter callsign - though
I could not find that particular 'rule' online or in the FCC documents...
Boy, if such a rule existed, stations could have fun with that!

And of course, I meant "point nine" in my previous witty message,

A mistype on my part with the "7" - I dunno about 1069_KIFR's, tho...
;D
--jay

 

[BossRadioDJ]

With all the staff reductions at KBLX recently, and the added hours that were given to those who remained at the station, an LMA by somebody wouldn't be a surprise.

...But the spurious so-called "KGO-FM transmitter photos" that were put online a while back by the wacky jokesters at KGO were taken on San Bruno Mountain, not up in the Berkeley Hills, weren't they?

http://sfradiocity.com/kgo/fm-pics/kgo-fm-site_03-07-2008_x.jpg

 

[radio dx]

I got it..."All news 102" with traffic and weather on the 9's

 

[1069_KIFR]

Yep, a typo on the .7 part! Then maybe they'll call it KZZZ...Z-103!

 

[BossRadioDJ]

...But the spurious so-called "KGO-FM transmitter photos" that were put online a while back by the wacky jokesters at KGO were taken on San Bruno Mountain, not up in the Berkeley Hills, weren't they?

Whispered aside: the KBLX transmitter isn't in the Berkeley Hills...